Va. Code § 30-120: Senate and House Committees on Standards of Conduct

Either house of the General Assembly may establish, in its rules, a Committee on Standards of Conduct to be appointed as provided in its rules and consisting of three members, one of whom shall be a member of the minority party. The Committee shall consider any request by a member of its house for an advisory opinion as to whether the facts in a particular case would constitute a violation of the provisions of this chapter and may consider other matters assigned to it pursuant to the rules of its house.1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, § 2.1-639.53; 2001, c. 844.